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Eat Right 4 Your Type by Peter J. D'Adamo

Simple Weight Loss Recipes by Matthew Halliday

Mediterranean Diet for Beginners by Maria A. Smith

Eat Well & Be Well

40 books — 7 voters

Healthy Book Boyfriends

38 books — 23 voters

Delightful Buddha Bowl Recipes by Allie Allen

Best Food Books of 2018

52 books — 8 voters

The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul Ola

Dealing with Diabetes Burnout by Ginger Vieira

La dieta MIND, alimentación que ayuda a prevenir la enfermeda... by Víctor R. Ramos

My Invisible Cosmic Zebra Has Diabetesâ€”Now What? by JSR

The Hacking of the American Mind by Robert H. Lustig

Best Diabetes Books: Overcoming Burnout and Staying Healthy

22 books — 14 voters

The Ultimate Beauty Guide - Head to Toe Homemade Beauty Tips ... by Adi Atar

Homemade Beauty Products by Melissa Loren

Homemade Bath Bombs, Salts and Scrubs by Kate Bello

Homemade Beauty

26 books — 16 voters

Sivananda Beginner's Guide to Yoga by Anonymous

Deadly Toxins of Unhealthy Churches by Mike Case

Yoga Teacher

26 books — 18 voters

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“ I never touch sugar, cheese, bread... I only like what I'm allowed to like. I'm beyond temptation. There is no weakness. When I see tons of food in the studio, for us and for everybody, for me it's as if this stuff was made out of plastic. The idea doesn't even enter my mind that a human being could put that into their mouth. I'm like the animals in the forest. They don't touch what they cannot eat. ...more ”
― Karl Lagerfeld

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“ THE ORGANIC FOODS MYTH A few decades ago, a woman tried to sue a butter company that had printed the word 'LITE' on its product's packaging. She claimed to have gained so much weight from eating the butter, even though it was labeled as being 'LITE'. In court, the lawyer representing the butter company simply held up the container of butter and said to the judge, "My client did not lie. The container is indeed 'light in weight'. The woman lost the case. In a marketing class in college, we were THE ORGANIC FOODS MYTH A few decades ago, a woman tried to sue a butter company that had printed the word 'LITE' on its product's packaging. She claimed to have gained so much weight from eating the butter, even though it was labeled as being 'LITE'. In court, the lawyer representing the butter company simply held up the container of butter and said to the judge, "My client did not lie. The container is indeed 'light in weight'. The woman lost the case. In a marketing class in college, we were assigned this case study to show us that 'puffery' is legal. This means that you can deceptively use words with double meanings to sell a product, even though they could mislead customers into thinking your words mean something different. I am using this example to touch upon the myth of organic foods. If I was a lawyer representing a company that had labeled its oranges as being organic, and a man was suing my client because he found out that the oranges were being sprayed with toxins, my defense opening statement would be very simple: "If it's not plastic or metallic, it's organic." Most products labeled as being organic are not really organic. This is the truth. You pay premium prices for products you think are grown without chemicals, but most products are. If an apple is labeled as being organic, it could mean two things. Either the apple tree itself is free from chemicals, or just the soil. One or the other, but rarely both. The truth is, the word 'organic' can mean many things, and taking a farmer to court would be difficult if you found out his fruits were indeed sprayed with pesticides. After all, all organisms on earth are scientifically labeled as being organic, unless they are made of plastic or metal. The word 'organic' comes from the word 'organism', meaning something that is, or once was, living and breathing air, water and sunlight. So, the next time you stroll through your local supermarket and see brown pears that are labeled as being organic, know that they could have been third-rate fare sourced from the last day of a weekend market, and have been re-labeled to be sold to a gullible crowd for a premium price. I have a friend who thinks that organic foods have to look beat up and deformed because the use of chemicals is what makes them look perfect and flawless. This is not true. Chemical-free foods can look perfect if grown in your backyard. If you go to jungles or forests untouched by man, you will see fruit and vegetables that look like they sprouted from trees from Heaven. So be cautious the next time you buy anything labeled as 'organic'. Unless you personally know the farmer or the company selling the products, don't trust what you read. You, me, and everything on land and sea are organic. Suzy Kassem, Truth Is Crying ...more ”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

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